But hip-hop ain’t the only sly game in town. Like many examples we probably have yet to catch those cheeky newspeople on, two other journos with a penchant for jam bands have followed suit, this time with the band Phish.

Politico’s Jake Sherman and MSNBC’s Katy Tur were on MSNBC Monday covering the protests at the United States Senate regarding the healthcare legislation. Sherman, ever so smoothly, dropped lyrics from Phish’s “Mike’s Song” into his reporting.

“It seems like they’re trapped in time and don’t know what to do when it comes to this legislation,” Sherman said, pulling words from the first verse of the song:

Trapped in time and I don’t know what to do
These friends of mine, I can see right through
You don’t gotta tell me I don’t gotta move
‘Cuz I’m sittin’ back here sharin’ in the groove

In response, Tur referenced Phish’ “Tube,” saying the protesters were “feeling like it’s not so stupendous living in that tube.” This was citing the outtro of the song, which actually says, “So stupendous, living in this tube.”